Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… indicating the area on the Georges River as an Indian village still referred to as Segochet. After Captain Smith reported his discoveries, Prince…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"The Indians were visited by Reverend John Bapst, S.J. and Reverend Eugene Vetromile from 1884 to 1885."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"A series of conflicts, known as the French and Indian Wars, persisted from 1745-1763. Locally, the Indians continued attacks on Fort George and the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… Porter became a 1st lieutenant and fought in Indian warfare on the American Plains. On June 25, 1876, at age 29, he died at the battle of “Little…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"In 1763 the French and Indian Wars ended with the Paris Peace Treaty which ensured the safety of settlers from attack."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… pioneers had seen hard service in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars, had been inured to hardship, toil, and poverty, and fully realized…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The conclusion of the French and Indian War in 1763 brought a brief era of peace to the region. Fort Pownall now guarded the entrance to the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… that Hayford was a staunch Democrat and was the Indian agent for the Penobscot Indians in the 1840s for several years."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… Bar Harbor in the heyday of hotels, cottages and Indian encampments, 1886 Bird's-eye view maps like this 1886 panorama of Bar Harbor were popular…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"On another page of the ledger, Plosway is called ‘Indian Plosway’. We wonder why it was important to make note that Plosway was an Indian, but for…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Memorial Library 1700s 1754 – 1763 • Maine Indians forced north into eastern Maine during French and Indian War 1755 • British deport Acadians to…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"He was credited with having secured the neutrality of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy and Micmac Indians despite British efforts to enlist their support…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… from David Hutchins were a group of Norridgewock Indians, led by Chief Pierpole. The records show that the few interactions between the two groups…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"John (Wolostoq) River and its tributaries, which was made especially vexing by reference to a supposedly definitive “highlands” that separated…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"St. John and Penobscot Rivers map, 1798Maine Historical Society Settling other issues, especially those in Article 5 that related to the interior…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… they could more easily protect themselves from Indians. A majority finally won out and they hoisted sail, turning eastward, settling in in…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"Properties of Empire: Indians, Colonists, and Land Speculators on the New England Frontier (New York: New York University Press, 2019) Taylor, Alan."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"John River since 1650 and American settlers arrived in Houlton in 1805 and 1807. The first French explorers described the people of the region as…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… paupers, persons under guardianship, and Indians not taxed.” Josiah Farrow represented Islesboro at the convention."